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Taddo Aldea; ter the attack on Palimos, lean -4.) me:' as a - body of res,r‘e tor both column. , . " beau our march by Sao ißardillio, for the valey of Ai°, whrre Aldea's , column took the road to Palarnas ; the reserve took post on the lidets of ,the road - to Zuole: , ;, and thethird di takin'o• the course of the va;ley, reached ,the of San p Felio'without being . obetvetl by the ki!enly. We ere within pistol-shot of , the first Vrench centinel when. he perceived us, but our prokitnity induced hirn.to believe that we were his fl ktld3. I made forty of our men take post on the heights of the mill which is on the road to Gerona, to ,erve as a point of retreat; a guerrilla of 30 men I,tvaiieed to the heights of Pachot, at the'entraoce rif the town ; another guerrilla of t..>o men was to titer on the left by the_ road of Palamos ; with the - of my force 1 was to enter the town, directing ,t‘,- march in a straight line 'along the sea-beach.— At the commencement' of this bpgi'atibn the cen , being undeceived, fired upon us, with • all the oard, - and fled. The enemy attacked the, position •t Riche!, and began a very vigorous fire, which the troops of my - division sustained without return ing a shot, and marched rapidly to the beaeh, where it halted and formed into column at the foot of the wall nt the fort , on the left of the gate, which it itn mediately- entered with the greatest boldneis. )3e fore they precipitated themselves with charged hayonets on the defenders of the fort, I :lilt/armed mil demanded their surrerrder, 'assuring them, in the name of General O'Donnell, that, they sisould t),.! treated with humanity, and with all the respe& which brave .men deserted'. On hearing 'the re specied name of your Excellent y, they surrendered their arms; and the other de , achments, afraid of being` cut off; which defended - - the town, defiled tat eck-ssively towar : fs ihe fort, their point of union, at the toot - of wuicn they surrendered tltair anus' in SU" , eSS101), We , have taken' from ite enemy three pieces .of cannon, a quantity of balls and gunpowder, eight, oit,ce,,, arid 2 . 68: soldier~, which, with abotit 36 killed, raisrs the loss of the ehein) to 340, at this point. Ot our side ,A 0 have only one killed and iour.wounded. ' 0 - (Sign. d) " HONORATO DE FLEYRES." Tarragona, Sept. 19. ;,TTEIt TO. GENERAL ()DONNELL FROM DON TAPED ALDEA, RELATING TO THE ATTACK ON , PALAMos. - " Having the command of the troops .destined to .attack the cnemv in the town of Palamos, I have now. to communicate to your EXcelleitcy the ;i'erorn 0114i-trent of that otjed, with 300 men of the bat tailor) of Tarragona, and 50 Spanish. hussars,. in the. .following manner : . " It being indispensable f.r the attainment of the °hied ..to -attack the enemy by the Imights ,of the mill which &midland Palamos, I made a circuit by. the. vill age of Calonje ;. but before arriving there, Nye were met by an advanced guard of the enemy, which ; .was attacked by our guerrilla; and dispersed -with the loss of. c 9 prisoners, and 2 killed. 1 immedi ately followed 'my route to Palamos, and took the position *of the mill,%ending. round detachniew sby the sides and ceefre . of the town, which conduat ed themselvel with bravery ; but the enemy with all their lerc,e attacked them: so furiously, that they .were-forced to retreat a little. - I then descended from the heights with my small force, and having formed thein in battalions, without firing a-shot, we _ attacked them.iiit . h the bayonet, and drove them to star Castle, from .hence they kept up a brisk fire of cannon and musquetry, winch lasted eight hours.— : Perceisving. that our ammunition was expended, ` • which if known to the, enemy, he would takea& vantage of, I ordered an assault on the.Castle,which was iastautly - et - Feder!, with,-so much bravery and i4titude, that the enemy.had not; time to fire the . cannon, though loaded, and we made them all pri soners, 1101 one escaping. " His Britannic Majesty's frigate the Cambrian, and the Spanish frigate the _Diana, seconded this . attack with the fire of their boats; one of the Ocats of the former was sunk by the enemy. In this affair we have taken 5 pieces of cannon, ; 7 officers, anti 266 prisoners, without including the killed and wounded, of whom there were more than 60. (Signed) " Tarragona, iept. zo." " TAM() ALDBA; ANOTHER LETTER FRozi THE SAME OFFICER. " In 'pursuance of the plan of operations which your Excellen'cy tray ed out to me . ,, I yesterday set Out from PalaMos w;th my divisiop, to posies my.' $ , .11 . at - the- - Ca'stle of Calonje; where the enemy had e lJrtifiecl themselves, and glen to.lnarch to Before reaching the gates of the castle, I sent - a sum mons to 'tie Governor, informing him of Iheiiurrn dlr of San 'Fell°, Palitno, tud - lii.4hat. The Gover nor surrendered at discretion, witfi 69 nlen and two officers . : they have been conducted to Palamos by a detachment of the battalion of Tarragona. (Signed) " Bisbal, Sept, 16. " bE)IEYRES." tHere s fbileYwkajetter from General Doyle, dated on board the Cambrian frigate, off Bagar, the l ith September, giving an accorint of his landing and des;ro3ing a battery near Bagar ; on which occasion 42 o f the enemy were made prisoners, without the smallest loss on our side. From another letter of General Doyle, dated Pa- Limos, the i'tith September, in which he con.ratu ia;es General O'Donnell on the. resilkof these diver sions on •t he coast, it appears, that •the prisoners•were embarked on board the frigates and,feluccas, to be cutiveyed to Tarragon-a.] CADIZ, SEPT. V.3.—The brave Murciano r e sorry that Sebastiani • would Dot attempt a tortrial adion. The good understanding Which' prevailed between - . the ioldiers alid the peasantry, and the indignation of ail, prognosticated a success equal to that of the c , ucirilhas in their diffetent attacks, in which, whit nit exaggeration, the French have lost from 5 to M men. Such is the fruit which this great soldier has de rived from his memorable expedition, by which he • no doubt proposed to oblige the army of the centre t i abandon its advantageous positions. Our force C. 9 hsiits,:of 2500 horse, and from 12 to 13,000 in fantre-... the armed peasants who had joined, • amounted on .the Ist cf Seeternber to 12,000 'ca valry and infantry. Our main guards have neat- edly driven back those of Sebastiani, anti particu larly on the 28th of August, in the olive giounds of Lehi ilia. On the 3d instant, the peasants returned home fully satisfied with what they liedelone, and in the greatest tranquility. The forces with which Sc-, bay iani proposedetb conquer this Province amounted to 2400 _cavalry, and !rpm 6 to 7000 infantry.— The depredations and cruelties tommitied by these ,cannibais, are the same which have enternised ,their memory in all their expeditions. Not satis fied with having sacketrrotatia, Lorea, and other 'villages, they ha9ged on'an elm tree one of the guer rilhas, or flying parties of Cart'•egena, destroyed the images• in the churches, profaned the sacred vest ments, &c. LISBON, OcT. 4.—The loss of the enemy in the glorious battle of the .27th ult. may be found by. proportionate numbers; our army had 197 killed and 1005 wounded; the enemy lete2ooo slain on the field of battle ; its loss therefore is likely to amount to 12,000, as his troops were much . more annoyed by our fire than ours were by theirs. We may therefore fairly draw the coocliiiion, that though the aevantages obtained are not so great as they were at first announced, yet 'they are of con siderable importance. The loss sustained by our army was very trifling, and has already been sup plied, While the enemy's force is lessened by 2000 men, and from 10 to 12,000 are besides dis from serving for some time, not to theetion that m.tny of them may yet die of their wounds. We are therefore war.anted to state, that as our force remains the same, and that of the army of the ene my is much weakened, our Slate of defence is changed ft 1 the better. , Toe must Excellent and most Rev. Patriarch has been pleesed to direct; that in all the chinches of his Patrierchals, public prayers shall be offered to the Most H eh for the successes obtained over our enetiiie.. Zlsaol., OcT. 6 --Our last intelligence from Ca diz slates, that toe Cortes mei, - tor the first on the 24th of last month, anti that that illustrious COIIreSS displays the utmost energy both in its first tut asuies ant deliberali ns. Ferdirrend VII. was acknowledged of Spain, mkt all the posses sinus beyond. the si as were declared Provinces of the Spanish Monarchy, the integrity of which the august Assembly protests to- preserve and maintain. a he first day of the sittings. of the Cortes was a day of t tiblic rejoicings for the city of Cadiz. With regard to our army, we know for certain, that it is concentrating in the grand positions, which, in addition to their natural strength, art has rendered impenetrable, by an immense variety of fOrtificatioos. cOnstrated for the defence of this 'country. .His Excellency Lord Viscount Welling ton had ordered them to be prepar e d,' being per redly aware that they would be the scene of those great events which are to decide the ultimate result of the glorious undertaking to which Providence called hem, to complete the glory of his own nation 'and of ours. His Excellency know's full well, that all the other positions which he occupied were mere ly subaidiary positions, tending to shelter the coun try from petty incursions, but that the question of .our liberty and independency .could not be then di, vided. The army is daily receiving reinforcements; yesterday . the 33d regitnent arrived here, and the large bodies of troops of the same nation which were here, put themselves on the same day in ruo -lien to join the armies. ' LrseoN, OCT. 4.—The SuperioCiunta residing in Alicant having found that the measures adopted' by them to succour Tarragona and Tortosa haste been produCtive of the most advantageous results, and have resolved to grant to the masters of ships a gra-. tification eel one dollar for every cahiz (a measure) of wheat pr pulse which they take on board for the above places; arid which gratification is to be im mediately paid by the above Junta, on the produc ' (ion of a lawful certificate of such grain or pulse .being duly landed. . MANIUZA, SEPT. g.—ln the sally which the tar rison of Tortosa made on the 3d ult. the. French Generals La% al and Klopuki were wounded. It is said that the first died of his wounds in Caspe r , and that the second continues ill at Saragossa. Generals Such'et and Hauspe went on the 20th ult. Irom Chirta to Mora, with 2000 infantry and 100 horse, - and on' the 21:1 General Hubert joined' them with 7000 infantry. , The same'day Suchet set out, ac cappanied by his wife, for Lerida, where it is said, he consulted with Macdonald, and afterwards pur sued his journey to Saragossa. The asped of things have changed. and although Mora; Mequiliaza, and other places on the Banks of the Ebro .:have made many preparations for a s;ege, a n d amopg others, a portable - bridge . of boats, composed of 18 pontons, these means to carry on the undertaking against Tortosa do not succeed, and. Sucliet ha, sent various Couriers by way of Jaen, requesting rein forcements. 'MADRID,SaiT. 13.—1 n the night between the . 7th and Bth an advanced guard bf patriots. ad • evanced within-pistol shot of Gate Segovia, without the French, though They knew it,. daring to inter rUpt them. It appears that in Catalonia fate appears propi tious to our arms, and -that the enemy is confound= ed, and does 110110.11 g bin vary his plans. Those' which attempted to' penetrate iniceValencia have suspended their march, and in that kingdom the wise precautions, activity, 'and patriotism of its new Chief, gives reason to hope for the best results - from the army, and that it will put itself in motion; and not merely limit its operations to the defence of, that province. On the 29th . ult. early in the morning, a sally was made by the bridge and causeway with 300 men, under the command of a . Captain, with an in tention of destroying some epanlments which the enemy had' in tire vicinity of 'the battery of Por tazgo..- The 'fire was very brisk, and maintained with dexterity by the boats and the batteries of Velaede, Davais, and Portazgo, which .proteiited,the infantry, who with the bayonet carried tbe epaule meets, destroyed them, and carried the wood to ' the Isle of Leon. Our loss consists in one killed, and seven wonnded. We took three Muskets' and three saddles frem,flie enemy. ,This Elaien, though tri:fting, executed with valour and.promptitude, will spew the enemy what he has tO expect wheni our troops a& on a larger scale. • - LISBON, OCT: b.—The enemy, warned by the re ception" which the comb/tied army gave him on the memorable 27th of September, when he left more than 2000 killed on the field of battle; and had an immense number wounded, which be barbarously abandoned, endeavoured to get round our positions,, crossing by Mortagoa, in the direetiim - of Sardum, and then turning to the South. The able move ments of Lord Wellington, however tru4t rated this plan, and our army continued to concentrate itself, acquiring every moment greater superiority, not only by the large re;..fOrcements it successively receives, but because Massena continnallf finds himself involved in new difficulties, having his com- tnunication with the province of. Beira, cut off, and every day losing troops from fatigue, while he suf fers the greatest distress from the want of the ex pected supplies of ammunition. The tried valour of the allied troops, and the bad condition of the enemy, which .every day grows worse, gives us every , reason to hope the most fortunate results. French temerity will pay dearly - for having pene trated into the territory of Portugal. Our.. G.—According!to the last at counts , from our. army, the head-quarters of Lord Wellington wire still at Leiria, and it is not certain that the enemy had yet advanced beyond Coimbra—the regularity with which the corps of the, combined armies have performed movements• so complicated in presence of the enemy, without the l - ast confu sion; and their completely removing:all their stores and magazines, minitestly indicates the superiority • . of the Clients of the Genetal who commands, and it n. , t possible to describe the confidence which the whole army has in . hint. • THE CORTES.-THIRD DAY. The sittings began at the same hour as yesterday. The. question respecting the Americans was again distussed. N— said, that he regretted to see the time spent in discussing a stibje& iihich as yet had no exist ence; that they were treating about the .confirma tion of two'Decrees of the Central Junta, which had not yet been read in the assembly ; that owing to their want M.:precedents the Cortes were de-. prrved of that instruction so, necessary to sanction .the said Decrees: that to, him the most ohvi‘ius way seemed, withan entering further into the dis cussion, to ask information from the Council or In dia, who wouid 'give their opinion conformably - to the laws of India, their regulatiops, resources, and other informations ; and that after this, the . 'Cortes might decide with accuracy on so delicate : a point. In reply, - it was observed; `that it was 6bl:requisite. to hasten the decision of the 'Assembly; that it was' . sufficient t hat :a .iday.lor o.n subjeN should be fixed on, provided it were-not distant. And it was urged that, to this died; theyought.to; -have in mind that the proposed Decrees would irn part a fresh stimulus to the liberality ef America ; that without resources it was not possibleto con tinue the war; and that the money came from Arrierica. N— hereupon said, that. the Indians 'must, feel themselves hurt at being. declared now free, since they never had beeil slaves ; that the laws had al.' . ways granted to them not only the rigbts of liberty, but also some prerogatives,. in addition to those ac-, corded to the Spaniards themselves; that some per sons well informed in the laws, customs, and cha racter of the Indians, bad observed that the best means to favour the Indians, was 'to' insist on the observance of their laws; that neither\ ought they now to speak of pardon for those which had any share in the disturbances at the Carraccas, because the word might justly offend then,), as pardon always im!iiied crime; that the Regency had dispatched a Counsellor, invested with lull powers, who, per haps; before that time 'bad taken every necessary measure. ' N— spoke in favour of the proposed DeCiees, and said, that as they were not at present going to be sanctioned, he would reserve what he had to say con cerning the loaner-speech. The Commandant of Royal Carbineers presented himself to take the oath. The proposals for the appointment of a-Commis sion entitled the 'f Commission of Justice," was again brought forward. A slight discussion arose in which it was agreed that it neither - ought to be styled ~of justice, nor to assume iny share of the judicial power deposited in the JUdge.. A question was proposed,. whether or no a Com mission should be appointed, which shoirld examine into, and propose to,t,he CorteS, the measures .which Might be taken to obtain a speedy and impartial' ad-, ministration of justice, and almost all voted for The Commission. It was also agreed, that the Regency •should remit all the documents aid papers relatite to the Cortes. . A Comnaission of the Public Revenue_was also _in sisted - on, and was, in point of rat; agreed to; but the persons who were to form it were not named, because it was alleged,.the necessity of having sortie time, in order that the appointment. should be m6re accurately made : and the Sitting was closed at t\to .The following is an extra& of a private letter on the subject of O'DoNNELL's vidoiy:— " TARRAGONA, 19TIr SEPT. 1810.—On the,i4th inst. our braVe Geoeral O'DONNELL attiicked. the enemy, between St. Fdin de Guixols arid Bisbal, near Gerona, and gained a complete vi&ory ;, the entire of the French division having been either killed, wounded, or made prisonerS. All their ar tillery, baggage, &c. fell into: - cur hands. There are 1400 prisoners; amongst them upwards of 40 Officers, with two Generals, all on their way to this fortress. It is with sincere sorrow I have to add, that our brave indefatigable O'DONNELL was severe ly. wounded in the le4 by a cannon4tell— -.Amputa tion, it is apprehended, will be necessary. This melancholy event affiids tcs'all. He has ceded the. command to General CAMPO 'VERDE, who was with him on the glorious expedition. AU the east coast of Barcelona is free of the enemy, with the exception of Rosas, of. which we shortly- expect to fegiin possession. Celle', m.DoNALD . continues at Cervera, gathering %` ll ° - and birley—his army committing every excesi• " P. S. Our General is just arrived in the Eng' lisp frigate Cambrian, Capt. FANG; most fOrPnW; ly, his wound is not dangerous, and only of a rl 3l . lske ,, shot. It is confidently asserted he will soon.restia'. the cotriniand." IVIAuLS. it.ll.lc Iv . ED-2 Lisbon, 2 Dublin, 2 Waterford. 06 — 1 C r .tit, 1 Waterford. PRICC OF STOCKS Tuis'inANAr TWF_Lt' 15 O'CLOCK. Consols - 66 Osmium - - - S UN. Setr-M PUTS DICFRE FALSUM AIJPEKT? L 0 IV D U IV , SATURDAY, OGTOBER 20, 1810. We Yesterddy stopped the Press to state, that Aft. WALSH, the Messenger, had arrived at Lord -LI VERPOOL'S Office, With dispatches from Lotd Visv LINGTON. Immediately alter his artival, the follgoi ing official account of the subjea of the dispatchet was circulated-: , • " A Messenger is arrived from Lord WELLIN*a TON, who left him at Aleobaza on the 6th inst. I.l ' e Allied Armies were retreating, to their posiiiJil the front of Lisbon. The French. Army had passed the Mundegos and app6red .• to be advancing lc' • wards them. Coimbra and all the Viltages lod • been deserted by the Inhabitants ; .and there intercepted Letter from MASSEDJn of the '22c l re presenting the' difficulties of his advance, l' °m . the state of. the roads, and the circumstances the country.. The Army of the Allies were in f,oc)d health and spirits." We stated yesterday, that it was the intenti o Lord WELLINGTON to make his-stand againit SENA at Torres Vedras, (d - position uncoauu° l ' • strong by Nature, and which has been lately very mirth; -strengthened, by works. of art) and the di' . patches received in the course of the afternooof prove the accuracy of our statement. His Lordila' after securing all his magazines at Coimbra, retreat ed in perfed order. MASSENA followed, witb whole force, and repeated skirmishes took pla o bJ tween the. advanced- guard of the French and • • rear guard, which, we are happy . to - say, terminated !,1 uniformly in our favour. Our cavalry disPY' , Marked superiority over the French, - particohlPY a skirmish near- Condexo, where the i tith r •• bt Dragoons attacked a superior body of Frencll valty, took 5 officers. and 120 men piisonets , , , sides killingg - a great number of them ; our loss w a s only four men killed, and a few wounded. It has -been stated that MASSENA has received • reinforcement of 25,000 men; this number as, Ve believe, exaggerated ; it it certain, howeVer, d r " - during the latter part of September he received C O siderabie reinforcements. MASSENA, frolli movements, has, we should suppose, reeived Y o tive orders from his Master to attempt, tit • risques r to expel the English fr om Portug al, • •i Nothing, we should think, brit the most p°' tive orders would induce hits: to attemp t • force such an army as ;Lord WELLINGTOS wands from such a position as Torres" V e dcas, be t : cause, if he were to succeed, he wo uld n o t ha veat , tamed his ultimate object, and a failure would cn danger the safety of his whole army. .An Opposition Paper of this Morning has c ° mented upon this 'movement of MASSENA'S ratlz - in a curious way ; it says—" With the talentg lin " prudence universally ascribed to MASSENA,WeIIt35 c " suppose that he does not adopt thi s cou rse o f pro' " ceeding without a confident pro s p e ct o f s uccess' . o " he had the option of remaining in the must ple olll part of Portugal, for the winter, 'unmolested; and " by which we m the" crust have acknowl e dged, that was an Erratum in the last Gazette, w here , aa " stead of MASSENA possessing no : part of Ni t „ -w fo r " but :the ground on w4ich, his army stood"' " illassena we must read IW'e/14110ton." —• Now, even admitting that NIAssENA had got 11 lie session of all that part of P ortuga l nor th of I ri Monde o, would it follow that Lord WELLI:; °I.° IIO could possess no part of th at ki ng d om . bat e , ground on which his urn)/ wood ? A slig ht r ierence to the map will sliew the evident abs l3 7 ang d of the assertion. seems, however, rather a way of shewing the-ina cc u rac y o f Lord WELL 7; TON'S Dispatch to say, " that M ASSENA ma y her e(11 ; 1 ; make some movements which will prat 11413 1'3 6 , better situation, and ther e f ore L or d Vsig}- 1 • 11* , Ofr TON'S account el the positio n i n w hi c h .he / I°— , • must be incorrect." The exp re S s i on Lord W full LINGTON made use of was then, and is now , justified by the fads of the else, To march ° % % i f district does not"give possession. There is b a spot in Spain which has not b een over-rt i ' f ,' French troops, and yet it May be said, with P er P P). truth, that they have not th e aatia,l and effiojerit ~; 0 cony (hal 10,4 441 GE Ne ; 7) : ''ead„ h as r oir. t t iq of cr, rriing I, set All ah 3 tfi e i r the , klatetiin tr ot ~ te ci ,i,i "21 y al Vas Zi ru , /eel Th e a keits, bard, The 43 rot 1 4 the ' kale Tht te as .0. Put to tit;)